by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Apr 13, 2023 | Body Image Issues
The 8 Most Beautiful & Inspiring Poems About Body Image I want to talk to the body-haters out there. Look in the mirror, then fill in the blank: “I hate my…..” What body part du jour grabbed your disapproval this time? Your thighs? Hips? Stomach?...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jan 31, 2023 | Body Image Issues
3 Reasons So Many People Strongly Link Their Body Image And Self-Worth Of all the “self-qualities” in one’s life portfolio, self-worth is the one that ought be the unconditional foundation to all the others. Do you believe you’re a good person, deserving of...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jan 30, 2023 | Body Image Issues
Be honest. Is social media affecting your body image? Do you find yourself masking your true feelings behind a heart emoji? Pretending your peripheral vision doesn’t catch a comparative glance at the red-carpet and beach bodies vying for your eye-time? Unless you live...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jan 27, 2023 | Body Image Issues
Corsets, bikinis, skinny jeans, stilettos. Every culture has its version of the contrived ideal body and the clothes that should fit it. We all buy into it because it’s pumped into the very air we breathe, trying as we may to hold our breath in protest. Inclusive...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jan 1, 2023 | Body Image Issues
Times change. People change. Bodies change. But interestingly, findings from body image research haven’t changed much in the past 30 years. Sadly, the common thread of impossible beauty standards still stitches its way through the world’s many cultures. And people...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 17, 2022 | Body Image Issues
What does Albert Einstein have to do with body image? Perhaps not so much in the direct sense. But, as one revered for his astronomical mind and theories, he favored insatiable curiosity and great questions over the presumption of absolutes. A body image...
